Google Terminates Additional Workers Following Project Nimbus Protests
Google fires more workers over Project Nimbus protests
Google has fired more than 20 additional workers following last week’s protests over the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, the group that organized the protests said Monday night.
The latest firings bring the total number of terminated staff to over 50, according to No Tech for Apartheid.
“This evening, in an aggressive and desperate act of retaliation, Google fired over 20 additional workers––including non-participating bystanders during last week’s protests,” the activist group said in a statement.
- Google confirmed that it had terminated additional employees but did not provide a specific number. A spokesperson said the employees “were found to have been directly involved in disruptive activity.”
- Google initially fired over two dozen workers last week following sit-ins at its offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, Calif., protesting a $1.2 billion contract that the company shares with Amazon to provide cloud computing services to the Israeli government.
- The controversial contract at the center of the protests, known as Project Nimbus, has faced backlash from workers and activists since it was initially signed in 2021.
No Tech for Apartheid alleged Monday that Google “is attempting to quash dissent, silence its workers, and reassert its power over them.”
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